Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #20 November 2015 | Page 12

finished his novel. He attempted to upload it into
the Nanowrimo word verifier, but the wifi at the
coffeehouse was not running at full speed. “Upload,
damn it! I want to win his soul.” The Devil glared at
his laptop and in a fit of rage, struck the machine with
his hand.
There was a gurgle and a hiss. A blue light
from the screen shone on the Devil’s red face. “No!
Where’s my novel?” The Devil did all he could to
coax the laptop back to life, turning the machine off
before rebooting the computer. When the operating
system returned, he went back to his work.
“Corruption! It is gone. All gone.” The Devil
glared at Jesus who had accessed the coffeehouse
wifi and was about to upload his completed novel to
the Nanowrimo verification page. The devil pointed
a long finger at Jesus’s laptop and a bolt of lightning
issued forth. His prey’s machine exploded, causing
Jesus and his disciples to duck away from the debris.
The Devil rose to his feet and put his hands on his
hips. “You will never finish now, your soul is mine!”

Wendy Van Camp is the author behind No
Wasted Ink (http://nowastedink.com), a
blog about the craft of writing that features
author interviews, sci-fi and fantasy book
reviews and scifaiku poetry. Wendy’s
articles, short stories and poems have
appeared in literary and science fiction
magazines such as “Shadows Express”,
“Luna Station Quarterly”, “Serendipity”,
and “Far Horizons”. Her first Amazon
ebook is a regency romance entitled, “The
Curate’s Brother: A Jane Austen Variation
of Persuasion”. (https://www.amazon.com/
author/wendyvancamp)

Jesus held up his hand. “It is not over yet. I
have until midnight to upload my novel and earn my
certificate.”
The Devil sneered. “How can you? Your
laptop is destroyed.”
Jesus shook his head in a gentle manner and
held up a thumbdrive. Beside him, one of his disciples
intoned, “Don’t you know? Jesus always saves.”

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